Vengeance Demon Hunter Tank The Eternal Palace Raid Guide — Dragonflight 10.2.5
On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Vengeance Demon Hunter for each boss of the following raid: The Eternal Palace. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.2.5.
Introduction
In this section, you will find information and guidance for tanking each boss individually in the Eternal Palace raid as a Vengeance Demon Hunter. These are not complete encounter guides, but rather provide specific tips for tanking the bosses as a Vengeance Demon Hunter.
The tips on this page are based on PTR testing alone and may not reflect the state of encounters on live servers. This page will be updated with new information once the encounters have been experienced and killed on their respective difficulties.
Suggested Talent Builds for Vengeance Demon Hunters
Survivability
- Level 99: Abyssal Strike
- Level 100: Fallout
- Level 102: Flame Crash
- Level 104: Feed the Demon
- Level 106: Sigil of Chains
- Level 108: Spirit Bomb
- Level 110: Last Resort (all 3 options on this row are viable and will be taken on a per-fight or dungeon basis)
Mixed DPS & Survival / DPS / Questing / Dungeons
- Level 99: Abyssal Strike
- Level 100: Fallout
- Level 102: Flame Crash
- Level 104: Fracture
- Level 106: Sigil of Chains
- Level 108: Spirit Bomb
- Level 110: Last Resort
Suggested Essences for Vengeance Demon Hunters
Major
- Azeroth's Undying Gift
- Suppressing Pulse
- Conflict
Minor
- Null Barrier
- Hardened Azerite
- Strife
- Sphere of Suppression
Talent Cheatsheet
Abyssal Commander Sivara
We advise you to use the following essences against Abyssal Commander Sivara.
- Major Slot
- Azeroth's Undying Gift — Rank 3: Azeroth's Undying Gift + Hardened Azerite
- Minor Slots
- Nullification Dynamo — Rank 3: Null Barrier
- Conflict and Strife — Rank 3: Strife
Tips
- If you have Toxic Brand, then stand still as much as possible.
- If you have Frost Mark, then jump in place or move side to side to keep from freezing.
- Swap around 5 stacks or when the barrage is cast.
- Use Infernal Strike to drop your debuff on the edge of the room.
- The damage from Crushing Reverberation can be eaten by Demon Spikes or standing with others.
For more information, please refer to our Abyssal Commander Sivara strategy guide.
Blackwater Behemoth
We advise you to use the following essences against Blackwater Behemoth.
- Major Slot
- Azeroth's Undying Gift — Rank 3: Azeroth's Undying Gift + Hardened Azerite
- Minor Slots
- Nullification Dynamo — Rank 3: Null Barrier
- Conflict and Strife — Rank 3: Strife
Tips
- Swap when Radiant Biomass is about to fall off.
- Do not get Bioluminescence from the pufferfish.
- When going to the next platform, wait until your healing debuff drops before traversing the jellyfish.
For more information, please refer to our Blackwater Behemoth strategy guide.
Radiance of Azshara
We advise you to use the following essences against Radiance of Azshara.
- Major Slot
- Azeroth's Undying Gift — Rank 3: Azeroth's Undying Gift + Hardened Azerite
- Minor Slots
- Nullification Dynamo — Rank 3: Null Barrier
- Conflict and Strife — Rank 3: Strife
Tips
- Swap whenever a tank gets knocked back by Tide Fist.
- Utilize Glide and Infernal Strike to deal with knockbacks or move to the adds during the intermission.
- Use your sigils to interrupt the casts of the little adds during the intermission.
For more information, please refer to our Radiance of Azshara strategy guide.
Lady Ashvane
We advise you to use the following essences against Lady Ashvane.
- Major Slot
- Azeroth's Undying Gift — Rank 3: Azeroth's Undying Gift + Hardened Azerite
- Minor Slots
- Nullification Dynamo — Rank 3: Null Barrier
- Conflict and Strife — Rank 3: Strife
Tips
- Swap whenever a tank gets either Arcing Azerite or Briny Bubble.
- Tank her on the outside of the room and try to get hit by Barnacle Bash while standing inside an old bash puddle.
For more information, please refer to our Lady Ashvane strategy guide.
Orgozoa
We advise you to use the following essences against Orgozoa.
- Major Slot
- Azeroth's Undying Gift — Rank 3: Azeroth's Undying Gift + Hardened Azerite
- Minor Slots
- Nullification Dynamo — Rank 3: Null Barrier
- Conflict and Strife — Rank 3: Strife
Tips
- When taunting the boss, use a personal or external cooldown, and have them ready while at low stacks of the debuff.
- Swap the boss before a tank reaches 10 stacks.
- Keep adds away from the boss so that they are not buffed.
For more information, please refer to our Orgozoa strategy guide.
The Queen's Court
We advise you to use the following essences against The Queen's Court.
- Major Slot
- Azeroth's Undying Gift — Rank 3: Azeroth's Undying Gift + Hardened Azerite
- Minor Slots
- Nullification Dynamo — Rank 3: Null Barrier
- Conflict and Strife — Rank 3: Strife
Tips
- Utilize Infernal Strike to move between the bosses.
- Swap when the Pashmar tank gets approximately 8 stacks of Pashmar's Touch.
For more information, please refer to our The Queen's Court strategy guide.
Za'qul, Harbinger of Ny'alotha
We advise you to use the following essences against Za'qul, Harbinger of Ny'alotha.
- Main Tank
- Major Slot
- Azeroth's Undying Gift — Rank 3: Azeroth's Undying Gift + Hardened Azerite
- Minor Slots
- Nullification Dynamo — Rank 3: Null Barrier
- Conflict and Strife — Rank 3: Strife
- Major Slot
- Off Tank
- Major Slot
- Nullification Dynamo — Rank 3: Empowered Null Barrier + Null Barrier
- Minor Slots
- Conflict and Strife — Rank 3: Strife
- Sphere of Suppression — Rank 3: Sphere of Suppression
- Major Slot
Tips
- When main-tanking, focus on taking less damage and on boss movement. Your damage is also sent to your co tank.
- If you should be off-tanking, you are responsible for grouping up the little adds and staying near the main tank.
For more information, please refer to our Za'qul, Harbinger of Ny'alotha strategy guide.
Queen Azshara
We advise you to use the following essences against Queen Azshara.
- Major Slot
- Azeroth's Undying Gift — Rank 3: Azeroth's Undying Gift + Hardened Azerite
- Minor Slots
- Nullification Dynamo — Rank 3: Null Barrier
- Conflict and Strife — Rank 3: Strife
Tips
- While tanking the lovers, have them towards the outside of the room, to keep puddles out of the way of the raid.
- Make sure to keep them on opposite sides of a pillar during Painful Memories and together during Longing.
- Swap on Azshara at 4 stacks, or as needed.
- Utilize your sigils in coordination with your raid to deal with adds.
More tips will be added in the future.
For more information, please refer to our Queen Azshara strategy guide.
Changelog
- 23 Jul. 2019: Updated guide with tips.
- 09 Jul. 2019: Guide added.
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This guide is written by Meyra, a Vengeance main with a love for pushing Mythic+ keys and showcasing Proof of Concept keys with 5 tanks or other non-standard group compositions. They are a distinguished member and frequent contributor to Vengeance theory in the Demon Hunter class discord who also occasionally streams Vengeance and other tank content on Twitch.
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